Futility

By: William Gerhardie

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Paperback | 12 July 2018

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Gerhardie's first comic novel tells the story of a young Englishman who returns to St Petersburg. Part British romantic comedy, part Russian social realism, this funny and poignant novel is the tale of persistance in love and hope.

William Gerhardie's first comic novel tells the story of a young Englishman who returns to St Petersburg where he was raised and falls in love with the daughter of a highly eccentric and dysfunctional family – a relationship which is played out with the armies of the Russian Revolution marching outside the parlour window. Part British romantic comedy, part Russian social realism, with Gerhardie's trademark large cast of wonderfully realised and highly memorable characters, this funny and poignant novel is the tale of persistance in love and hope in the face of what should be insurmountably difficult circumstances.

About the Author

William Gerhardie (1895-1977) was born in St Petersburg. Leaving Russia in the wake of the 1917 revolution, Gerhardie travelled to Siberia with the British Military Mission. After two years there, he left the army with an OBE, sailing to England by way of Singapore, Colombo and Port Said - a journey that forms the closing chapters of The Polyglots. He died in London in 1977.

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'To my generation Gerhardie was the most important new novelist to appear in our young life' Graham Greene.
'True, devastating. A wonderful book' H.G. Wells.
'Futility is a living book - it is warm. One can put it down and it keeps on breathing' Katherine Mansfield.
'Dazzling and funny ... Everyone should read one Gerhardie novel, at least, and Futility is probably as good as any' Sunday Times.

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